England did fall behind with under a minute on the clock though, the boot of Scottish fly half Ben Chalmers put the hosts 3-0 to the good, but England hit back with two quick-fire tries.

First Purdy made space for himself and touched down just wide of the posts before some smart backs play eventually freed up Kibirige who dived over for his first Under 20s try in the corner. Burns added the extras to make it 12-3 with eight played.

England's third try came from Tompkins who dotted down for his maiden Under 20s score to make it 19-3, but Scotland scored their first after 27 minutes - former England Under 18s hooker Sam James touching down in the corner to make it 19-8.

A Burns penalty just before the break put England 14 points to the good at half time, and Head Coach Nick Walshe's side came out in the second half all guns blazing.

After going through the phases, the ball eventually broke to Stephenson who showed good strength to go over for his second try in as many weeks after 48 minutes and Burns' conversion made it 29-8.

But Scotland hit straight back, quick hands and smart running freed up replacement Chris Dean who dived over for Scotland as Ben Cooper added the extras.

England then added two tries in quick succession - first a deft grubber from replacement No. 10 Sam Olver bounced kindly for Kibirige who touched down for his second before a rolling maul freed space for BMW Man of the Match Itoje who rumbled over. Olver converted both to make it 43-15.

There was still time for England to score their seventh - No. 8 Chisholm peeled off a maul near the Scottish try line to dive over and bring the game to a close.

Walshe said:

"We're pleased to get the win - we knew it would be a tough game, and so it proved. Scotland fronted up but I'm pleased that we were able to perform well and score some nice tries.

"We've got a bit of time off now, so we'll look at the game and then regroup before we take on Ireland in Northampton - our first home game, and one we're really looking forward to."

Captain Callum Braley added:

"It was important for us to get a win tonight and get our Six Nations up and running. The lads were hurting a fair bit after last week's defeat against France, so we owed it to ourselves to go out and perform and thankfully we delivered with a good win tonight."

After a good start, and dominating for long periods at the Ricoh, skipper Tom Savage spoke after the Wasps defeat to GRTV about the small things that Gloucester have to work on as well as focussing on some of the positives.

Gloucester Rugby will take on Wasps on Sunday in their first ever visit in the Aviva Premiership to the Ricoh Arena. Speaking to the local media today, Director of Rugby David Humphreys previewed the game as well as giving an update on the injured Henry Trinder.

Following the 48-10 Aviva Premiership win over London Welsh on Saturday, Dan Murphy praised his team mates for battling right up to the very last minute in difficult conditions and maintaining the momentum that the team have built in 2015.

Henry Purdy scored two memorable tries against London Welsh at Kingsholm on Saturday, and attributed the first one to hard work on the training ground before describing how much he's enjoying playing his rugby alongside friends like Callum Braley.

Premiership Rugby today announces a new partnership with Singha Beer, which confirms the premium Thai lager as the new title sponsor of the Premiership Rugby 7s Series and an official partner of Premiership Rugby.